E Pig Cell Division

Cfa collection: John Nash Ott Collection
Notes: This film may be an early product of John Nash Ott's research on the effects of exposure to various wavelengths of light on the pigment epithelial cells in the retina of a rabbit's eye, findings of which Ott published in 1964.; In 1973, Tampa Bay Times reporter Fred Girard remarked upon Ott's studies:; "Ott's research indicates that lighting can have a definite effect on both physical and mental well-being. While trying desperately to stay away from any taint of the quack or the faith-healer, he nonetheless has recorded what appear near-miraculous cures in cancer, mental illness, arthritis, blindness, leukemia, exophthalmic goiter and even receding hairlines.; The connection to all these disparate maladies and countless others is the pigment epithelial cells of the eye. The existence of the cells has been known for some time, but their function remained a mystery. They played no part in vision, and hence were never studied extensively. Anatomists discovered the presence of neurochemical channels leading from the eye to the brain, but again no purpose or function was found.; It remained for John Ott to discover the connection. The pigment epithelial cells of the eye, Ott postulates, pick up light and transmit it through the neurochemical channels to the two master glands of the body, the pituitary and the pineal. The presence of certain rays from the light spectrum activates production of hormones by the glands, with resultant mental and physical manifestations."
Subjects: Time; Biology; Science; Scientific equipment
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Winnetka
Cfa elements: 11 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/36373